Cecil Heywood

Major-General Cecil Percival Heywood, CB CMG DSO (17 May 1880 – 20 October 1936) was a British Army officer who commanded 3rd Division.

Cecil Heywood
Born	17 May 1880
Died	20 October 1936
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1899-1936
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	3rd Guards Brigade Coldstream Guards and Regimental District 3rd Division
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Born the second son of Sir Arthur Heywood, 3rd Baronet, Heywood was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards as a second-lieutenant on 12 August 1899. He fought in the Second Boer War,[1] leaving Southampton for South Africa on the SS Canada in early February 1900.[2] Following the war, he became Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in 1904 before undertaking a tour with the Egyptian Army which involved him in operations in Southern Kurdufan in Sudan in 1908.[1] He served in World War I as a General Staff Officer before becoming Commander of 3rd Guards Brigade in 1918.[1] He was appointed Commander of the Coldstream Guards and Regimental District in 1927, Director of Military Training in India in 1930 and Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1934.[1] He was briefly General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1936 before retiring.[3]

He is buried in All Saint's Churchyard at Denstone in Staffordshire.[4]

Family

In 1917 he married Margaret Vere Kerr; they had a son and a daughter.[5]

References

1. Cecil Percival Heywood Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times (36057). London. 5 February 1900. p. 10.
3. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
4. Military images Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
5. The Peerage.com

Military offices
Preceded by Robert Gordon-Finlayson	General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division 1936	Succeeded by Denis Bernard